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The key art for STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age.

Indie/News

16.04.2026

Dark fantasy visual novel STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age announced for PC

Not A Cat Studios has announced STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age. The dark fantasy romantic visual novel is set in a world on the brink of disaster, and players must use an Emotion Palette to read others’ true emotions and intentions, influence relationships, and uncover the truth behind a brutal murder. The game has been officially announced for PC, with additional platforms to be announced at a future date.…

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Dark fantasy visual novel STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age announced for PC

April 16, 2026

Indie/News

Not A Cat Studios has announced STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age. The dark fantasy romantic visual novel is set in a world on the brink of disaster, and players must use an Emotion Palette to read others’ true emotions and intentions, influence relationships, and uncover the truth behind a brutal murder.…

Review: Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream (Nintendo Switch)

April 15, 2026

Nintendo/Nintendo Switch 2/Reviews/simulation

I went into Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream, having not played the original, and not really followed it. That is to say, I went in entirely unprepared for the utterly surreal experience that awaited me. I started by making myself, as is fairly standard for “life sim” games like these.…

Classic Warhammer is now on Steam and now you can remind yourself of how brilliant it was

April 15, 2026

News/Retro/warhammer

Here’s a stealth drop that was more than appreciated: SNEG and Games Workshop partnered up to bring 20 classic Warhammer and Warhammer 40K games to Steam. Many of these are games that had already been released on the platform but, for one reason or another, had been delisted. However, many…

A screenshot of one city from Hidden Around the World.

Review: Hidden Around the World (Nintendo Switch)

April 15, 2026

Nintendo Switch/Reviews

Hidden object games are a dime a dozen. Hidden Around the World is one of many I have received news about, and I wanted to review it because I adored its predecessor, Hidden in my Paradise. It’s similar but larger, if that makes sense. The levels are much larger, with…

The key art for Greenhearth Necromancer.

Raise a garden from the dead when Greenhearth Necromancer launches this May

April 15, 2026

Indie/News

Silverstring Media and indie.io have announced a mid-May release date for relaxing, semi-idle garden game Greenhearth Necromancer. You play as Echo, an enby witch and a newly graduated Actual Necromancer; she recently inherited her grandmother’s apartment. As the newbie at the Greenhearth co-op, you will have to revive a dead…

A screenshot from Birushana: Winds of Fate, from IFI's announcement of the game.

IFI reveals Birushana: Winds of Fate’s Plus Edition contents.

April 15, 2026

Idea Factory International/News

Publisher Idea Factory International has announced a preorder date of April 22 for physical copies of otome visual novel fan disc Birushana: Winds of Fate; it will be available through the IFI Online Store and participating retailers. The company has also announced the contents of the game’s Plus Version, exclusive…

Review: Beyond Words (Nintendo Switch 2)

April 14, 2026

PQube/Puzzle Game/Reviews/Roguelike

I suppose it was inevitable that at some stage, some indie developer would look at Scrabble and think to themselves “Roguelike!” After all, that r-word seems to be perennially glued into the indie developer mindset these days. Despite my growing hesitancy to touch anything with said r-word in the feature…

Review: Pragmata (Nintendo Switch 2)

April 14, 2026

Capcom/Nintendo Switch 2/Reviews

There was a time when Capcom was the most experimental game publisher, by a long way. Those of us who had PS2s and GameCubes at the time will remember that alongside the likes of Resident Evil 4, Capcom developed highly experimental stuff like P.N.03 and published Killer7, which was the…

A newly-cropped version of Dee Dee in the DDNet news studio.

The catch-up coffee: April 13, 2026

April 13, 2026

catch-up coffee/News

Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here, I bring you the best news you may have missed from last week. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…

Roguelike brain teaser game Infinity Sweeper launches this May

April 10, 2026

Indie/News

Publisher Yogscast Games and indie developer Longshot Studio have revealed a May release date for retro puzzle roguelike game Infinity Sweeper. Minesweeper meets the modern era in this game that combines classic strategy and nostalgia with the replayability of modern roguelikes. Navigate a familiar grid, uncovering numbered tiles while avoiding…

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Reviews

Review: Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream (Nintendo Switch)

April 15, 2026

I went into Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream, having not played the original, and not really followed it. That is to say,…

Review: Hidden Around the World (Nintendo Switch)

April 15, 2026

Hidden object games are a dime a dozen. Hidden Around the World is one of many I have received news about, and…

Review: Beyond Words (Nintendo Switch 2)

April 14, 2026

I suppose it was inevitable that at some stage, some indie developer would look at Scrabble and think to themselves “Roguelike!” After…

Review: Pragmata (Nintendo Switch 2)

April 14, 2026

There was a time when Capcom was the most experimental game publisher, by a long way. Those of us who had PS2s…

Videos

Podcast-in-Video: Getting nostalgic for Xenogears

December 6, 2023

Xenogears is an all-time classic, but the question is… could something like that even be made again today? That’s what we discuss…

Podcast-in-Video: The games we loved through 2023

December 5, 2023

As it is the last month of the year, it’s time to look back at all the games that were released this…

Interview with the producer and director of Dragon Quest Monsters Dark Prince by DigitallyDownloaded.net

Podcast-in-Video: The big game releases in December

December 5, 2023

Apologies that we’ve been absent from uploading these videos. Various technical issues prevented us from doing a video version of the podcast,…

Podcast-in-Video: The games we wouldn’t play on the train

September 7, 2023

Got a Nintendo Switch? At some stage you’ve probably taken it out in public. After all, gaming on the go is very…

Interviews

Haunted by Lost Futures: Cherrymochi’s Jen Williams on Dusk Index: Gion

February 16, 2026

Jen Williams has seen the future, and like many of us, she’s worried about it. The studio lead at Cherrymochi, the Japan-based…

The key art for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, cropped to a 16:9 ratio.

On reimagining the beginning with Dragon Quest I & II

November 9, 2025

When Square Enix revealed the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, there was always the sense that they weren’t going to be done…

Q & A with the developer of Minos, where you get to be the minotaur

October 9, 2025

You can always trust Devolver Digital to back interesting, quirky and different projects. One recent example of this is Minos, which is…

TGS 2025 Interview: Carrying the Somnium Torch: Kazuya Yamada on Making No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES

October 7, 2025

The AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES series is inseparable from the creative identity of Kotaro Uchikoshi. Known beyond AI for the cult-classic Zero…

Gadgets

by Matt

March 27, 2026

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review

Gadget review: LucidSound LS10X Wired Gaming Headset

Gaming headsets are an incredibly broad spectrum, running from well over $1000 down to the rough cost of a trip to McDonalds. Given that we’re in a cost-of-living crisis and staring down the barrel of global conflicts brought on by resurgent fascism, it’s a safe bet that people are going to indulge less and make more compromises to enjoy a…

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Gadget Review: Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight Wireless mouse

There’s light, there’s lighter, and then there’s the Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight Wireless mouse. I’d go as far as to say that “Ultralight” is probably underselling it. It doesn’t actually feel like there is anything in this mouse, at all, and yet it does its job, very well, both…